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24 Mar 2014…Eagle AC awards night

Report from Joe Roche…Eagle AC held its second Annual Awards Presentation at L’atitude 51 Wine Cafe on March 9th 2014. A large crowd was in attendance on the night and it was great to see all the athletes present for their awards. Club members also used the occasion to celebrate their efforts earlier that day in the Ballycotton 10.

MC for the occasion was Joe Roche, and club Chairman John Quigley opened proceedings with a brief address. All winning athletes received a perpetual trophy which were presented to them by fellow club members, Fiona O Riordan, Caroline Kilty, John Quigley & Wieslaw Sosnowski.

Our club awards are unique in that all nominations for each award comes from our members and the winners are selected by members through their votes. i.e. no selection committees etc. Even though this is only the second year of our awards, the level of interest from members was huge.

Eric made a very noticeable improvement in the latter half of 2013, and what made it all the more impressive was the fact that he improved on some already impressive times, for instance earlier today Eric improved his 10 mile race time from 61:40 to 58: 40, Eric had a 2nd place finish in the Great Railway Run 25km race. At the rate he’s going could Eric possibly put his hand up next year to retain this award.

Performance of the Year 2013: The award once again went to Grellan McGrath for winning the Connemara 100 mile Ultra Marathon. Grellan took time to thank his support team on the day, namely club members John Desmond & Denis Looney.

Club Person of the Year 2013: The award was won by the only member to retain their award, Elaine Guinane.

(L) Eagle AC club chairman John Quigley presenting the Athletic Performance of the Year Award for 2013 to Grellan McGrath for winning the Connemara 100. (R) Wieslaw Sosnowski presenting Elaine Guinane with the Club Person of the Year award

Running a successful athletics club takes a lot of dedicated members, and we in Eagle AC are very lucky to have many such members. But this evening, our membership had the unenviable task of choosing one, and once again they chose Elaine, a very worthy and popular winner. Elaine is a prominent club officer and sits on several sub committees, but she is probably best known for her weekly email, which has by now become a staple in our weekly training plans.

There was another 7 nominees in this category, and there are many more members who work away in the background who may yet challenge for this award.
• Denis Looney
• Pat Murphy
• Joe Roche
• Timmy McCarthy
• John Desmond
• John O Callaghan
• John Quigley

Many thanks to all involved in organising the very successful and enjoyable awards night.